Book recommendation

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I know most of you have probably read and loved these for many years, but just in case, Robin McKinley's classic The Hero and the Crown and The Blue Sword.  Sterling adventure for young adults and anybody else, a beautifully crafted world, wonderfully real characters...it's all here.  I like the second one best, for some reason.  There are Damar short stories to be had, in Water and A Knot in the Grain, also marvelous. 

Here are heroines who are real and strong without being cliched or overconfident, people I'd like to know.  Harry in particular.  These books are one reason why fantasy succeeds as a genre.